US10743555B2 - Method for drying food products - Google Patents

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US10743555B2
US10743555B2 US14/653,558 US201314653558A US10743555B2 US 10743555 B2 US10743555 B2 US 10743555B2 US 201314653558 A US201314653558 A US 201314653558A US 10743555 B2 US10743555 B2 US 10743555B2
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  • the subject of the present invention is a method for drying food products, notably meat-based, in a mixer.
  • Meat-based food products essentially cover cooked meat products such as ham and cured meat products such as, for example, bacon, dried ham, fillet of duck breast, or even the meat products known by the names of coppa (loin-based), pancetta (bacon-based), thinly-sliced dried beef, bresi, and certain parts of poultry. All these products may, during their production, require a mixing which is generally performed in a vacuum.
  • the mixing is typically performed in a mixer which may comprise a hermetically sealed tank, mounted to rotate about its longitudinal axis which is substantially horizontal or, if appropriate, inclined relative to the ground.
  • the enclosure is defined by the tank, it is sealed by a tight door, and may have a vacuum applied to it.
  • the mixer in a vacuum, is an equipment item used in cooked meat production/salting to perform operations such as defrosting, salting, marinating, cooking or even smoking.
  • the document FR 1 026 186 describes a procedure for producing dry sausage in which the meat is mixed in a vacuum, with a vacuum of 50 to 70 cm of mercury, or 670 to 933 mbar.
  • the mixer is provided with a heating system.
  • the document EP 0 085 426 describes a method for drying vegetable materials in a mixer tank, equipped with a system for heating and applying a partial vacuum, of 350 to 60 torr, i.e. 466-78 mbar.
  • a vacuum for food products may make it possible to perform a drying thereof, also called vacuum evaporation, inasmuch as the pressure is fairly low (see FIG. 1 ). Since evaporation is an endothermic process, the latter leads to a cooling of the food product, and therefore a rapid degradation of the drying efficiency of the vacuum pumps.
  • Evaporative vacuum drying offers the advantage of partly obviating the geometry of the product.
  • the production of salting products and of certain meats may include a number of steps, notably salting, drying and baking steps.
  • the salting and baking-drying operations are sequenced and the second—qualified as “hot”—is initiated only when the salting is finished inasmuch as it is uniform between the outer skin and the core of the product.
  • Salting with dry salt may be a relatively slow process first requiring the ingredients to be dissolved at the level of the outer skin of the product before their migration from the outer skin to the core. This migration obeys diffusion laws, which means that dry salting is a particularly slow operation.
  • practice recommends saltings of 9 to 13 days depending on the cut and the quality of the hams used. At the end of this phase, the ingredients have penetrated the food and the product has lost approximately 3 to 6% of its weight but the core diffusion is not finished.
  • a multiple-phase rest operation may prove necessary in order to obtain a product that is uniformly salted.
  • the duration of this rest period may be approximately 1 month.
  • the objective is to minimize the development of pathogenic flora and deterioration.
  • the stabilization obtained makes it possible to switch to hot phase and conduct the drying, refining and baking operations. While the low temperature slows down bacterial development, the product remains non-stabilized throughout the salting and rest period.
  • the invention aims specifically to meet all or some of the abovementioned needs.
  • the invention relates to a method for drying a food product, comprising steps consisting in:
  • the vacuum level used in the enclosure during this step corresponds to an absolute pressure less than 200 mbar, better less than 100 mbar, better less than 75 mbar, even better less than 40 mbar.
  • the pressure the lower the temperature has to be to evaporate a given quantity of water within a given time period. It is therefore important for the pressure to be sufficiently low, so as not to have to overheat the product during the drying step. In particular, it may be important not to cook the product during the drying step.
  • the pressure and temperature conditions during the drying step may be chosen so as to obtain the range of the phase diagram of pure water where the latter is in the gaseous state.
  • the invention advantageously makes it possible, by neutralizing the endothermy of the evaporation by an application of heat to the product, to improve the dehydration of the product obtained on completion of the vacuum drying step.
  • the heat may notably be applied by means of a heating step.
  • the temperature of the enclosure and/or of the product in the enclosure being brought to or maintained at values that are variable according to the technological objective:
  • the temperature may be set between 0 and 10° C., notably in the case of pre-dried lean meat for manufacturing dry sausage;
  • the temperature may reach 10 to 25° C.
  • the temperature may reach 25 to 55° C.
  • Mater should be understood to be a device suitable for setting the food product in motion by setting the enclosure in motion and/or through the presence of a stirring member therein.
  • “Application of heat to the product” should be understood to mean that the product effectively receives energy by virtue of the heat transfer with the heat transfer fluid, for example directly or via a double jacket, and/or irradiation. This application of heat makes it possible for the product not to be cooled during all or part of drying by the application of the vacuum to the enclosure.
  • the food product may be a meat product.
  • the invention is not however limited to the application to meat products but may be applied to other products such as, for example, fish-based food products.
  • the mixer may be equipped with a rotary tank.
  • the tank may be rotary in relation to its longitudinal axis, which is substantially horizontal or, if appropriate, inclined in relation to the floor.
  • the food product may be set in motion by the rotation of the tank.
  • the tank may be set in rotation during all or part of the step b).
  • the mixer is, as a variant, equipped with a stirring member, for example a rotary paddle, a rotary axis or a rotary arm.
  • the food product may be set in motion by the stirring member.
  • the tank may, when the mixer is equipped with a stirring member, be fixed or pivoting.
  • the stirring member and/or the tank may be set in motion during all or part of the step b).
  • the food product is set in motion in the enclosure during all or part of the drying by the application of the vacuum to the enclosure.
  • the product undergoes, for example, during all or part of the drying by the application of the vacuum to the enclosure, a mixing by repeated overturning by virtue of the rotation of the tank.
  • the application of the vacuum to the enclosure, during the step b), may be imposed continually throughout the drying step (i.e. without interruption throughout the drying step) or be interrupted then restarted one or more times.
  • the pressure inside the enclosure is, during all or part of the step b), less than or equal to 40 mbar (millibar), preferably between 1 mbar and 32 mbar, preferably between 2 mbar and 20 mbar, preferably between 2 mbar and 8 mbar.
  • the step b) may have a duration of between 2 hours and 12 days, preferably between 1 day and 8 days.
  • the food product has lost, at the end of the step b), a weight equal to at least 4% of its weight taken before the implementation of the step b), preferably a weight equal to at least 8%, even 10%, of its weight taken before the implementation of the step b).
  • the food product may lose, per day, during the step b), a weight of between 1% and 10% of its weight taken before the implementation of the step b).
  • the heat transfer fluid is placed in contact with the food product during all or part of the step b).
  • the enclosure is a double-jacketed enclosure.
  • the double jacket may be fed by a hot network, notably with glycol water.
  • the double jacket may be present on a wall of the enclosure and/or on an internal member present in the enclosure, notably on the stirring member.
  • the network may comprise a system of valves, notably using a valve of three-way type.
  • the hot network may for example be heated by an electric preheater and/or an exchanger (for example plate exchanger or tubular exchanger) fed by a heat exchanger fluid, notably by hot water or steam.
  • the double jacket may be fed by a heated/refrigerated unit.
  • the heat transfer fluid preferably circulates within a double jacket of the enclosure.
  • the heat transfer fluid may circulate in a double jacket present on a wall of the enclosure and/or in a double jacket present on an internal member of the enclosure, notably on the stirring member.
  • the heat transfer fluid is air or dry or superheated steam.
  • the electromagnetic radiation used in the step b) is a microwave and/or radiofrequency radiation.
  • Microwave radiation should be understood to mean a radiation of a frequency between 1 GHz and 300 GHz.
  • a microwave generator for example a magnetron
  • a microwave conveyance means for example by a waveguide and/or a coaxial cable.
  • Radiofrequency radiation should be understood to mean a radiation of a frequency less than or equal to 3000 GHz.
  • the temperature of the food product increases during the step b).
  • the temperature of the food product during the step b) may increase strictly monotonically.
  • the temperature of the food product may, during the step b), increase while exhibiting levels at which the temperature is constant.
  • the temperature of the food product, during all or part of the step b), may be between 4° C. and 50° C., preferably between 4° C. and 24° C.
  • the temperature of the food product at the end of the step b) may be greater than or equal to 6° C., preferably 7° C., for example greater than or equal to 8° C., for example 12° C.
  • the method further comprises a step c) of baking, in which the enclosure is preferably raised to a temperature greater than or equal to 20° C., preferably between 22° C. and 55° C., and to a pressure greater than or equal to 24 mbar, preferably between 200 mbar and 1020 mbar.
  • Conducting such a baking step is advantageous because it makes it possible to promote the oxidation of the fatty matters, this oxidation constituting one of the main mechanisms involved in the aromatic development of meat food products, notably salted meat products.
  • the step c) is, for example, initiated after the end of the step b), and may be conducted in the mixer.
  • Such an aggregation of phases within one and the same mixer advantageously results in productivity gains, floor space gains, significantly limited waste, improved product health quality and time savings that are particularly significant.
  • a temperature of an outer skin of the food product is, before the implementation of the step b), less than a temperature of the core of the food product.
  • Outer skin should be understood to mean a peripheral volume of the product extending along all or part of the outer surface of said product. This volume separates the core of the product from the outside medium, the core of the product being situated at a greater depth within the product than the outer skin.
  • This feature advantageously makes it possible to balance the drying kinetics at the core and on the surface, by the artificial creation of a temperature differential between the core and the outer skin before subjection to an evaporative vacuum, and to induce a more uniform drying between the outer skin and the core.
  • HCD hot-cold-dry
  • This temperature differential may be obtained by an alternating time-related management of hot and cold application, by any means known to those skilled in the art.
  • the temperature differential may be obtained cyclically by alternating heating, homogenization, cooling, vacuum evaporation and by repeating this cycle as many times as is necessary.
  • the temperature difference between the core and the outer skin of the food product may, before the implementation of the step b), be greater than or equal to 0.3° C., preferably 5° C.
  • the outer skin of the product extends to a depth of at least 0.5 mm, notably 1 mm, notably 5 mm, notably 1 cm, of the food product.
  • the temperature difference between the core and the outer skin of the food product may be obtained by the implementation of the following steps:
  • the heating of the step i) is advantageously as uniform as possible.
  • the succession of the steps i) to ii) and of the step b) or i) to iii) and of the step b) is repeated.
  • a salting of the food product is performed, the salting preferably taking place before the step b) and/or during all or part of the step b).
  • the salting may or may not be performed in the enclosure of the mixer used for the vacuum drying.
  • the combination of the salting and of the drying in the same mixer advantageously makes it possible to continue the salting throughout the drying and therefore reduce the salting time, since a part of this step is performed during the drying.
  • a salting by wet means is performed, the food product notably being in contact with a brine during the salting.
  • the food product may be placed in contact with a brine directly introduced into the mixer or by injection of the brine into the product before the mixing by means, for example, of an injector.
  • a salting by wet means advantageously makes it possible to improve the salting produced.
  • the duration of the salting performed may be between 1 hour and 7 days.
  • the food product undergoing the step b) exhibits one or more cut-outs, notably formed before implementation of the step b).
  • the presence of one or more cut-outs advantageously makes it possible to speed up the dynamics of evaporative drying and, if appropriate, of salting.
  • the porosity of the food product is increased, which speeds up all of the (non-diffusional) hydrodynamic mechanisms performed by conducting the operations in a vacuum such as vacuum infiltration of the ingredients and expulsion of the steam from the core of the product during the evaporative vacuum drying.
  • cuts may be formed using a matrix of blades and/or needles by a method called slashing, micro-slashing or tenderizing, or using rotary blades by a so-called laceration or “steakage” method.
  • the food product undergoes, after the end of the step b), a step d) of shaping, notably by means of a press.
  • the step d) advantageously comprises a product vacuum-packaging step.
  • a mixer to perform an evaporative vacuum drying and, where appropriate, a salting and/or a baking, advantageously makes it possible to obtain a semi-finished product or a finished product.
  • the product may advantageously be shaped.
  • the food product is chosen from the following list: cured ham, coppa, thinly-sliced dried beef, turkey fillet, small pieces of beef, pieces of thin cut beef intended for manufacturing sausage.
  • the present invention relates to a dried food product, notably meat, characterized in that it is obtained by a method as described above.
  • Such a product advantageously exhibits a relatively low rate of hydration after drying.
  • the invention relates to the use of an application of heat to a food product, notably a meat food product, undergoing, in an enclosure defined by the tank of a mixer, a step of drying by the application of a vacuum to the enclosure, to improve the dehydration of said product.
  • the application of heat is produced by heat transfer between at least one heat transfer fluid and the product and/or by irradiation of said product by an electromagnetic radiation.
  • the product may be set in motion during all or part of the vacuum drying step.
  • the method according to the invention may also be combined with the use of software for tracking parameters linked to the treatment of the food products, notably time, temperature, pressure and/or the weight of the product.
  • FIG. 1 represents the trend of the boiling point of water as a function of pressure
  • FIG. 2 represents a longitudinal schematic view of a first exemplary mixer that may be used in the method according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 represents a longitudinal schematic view of a second exemplary mixer that may be used in the method according to the invention
  • FIG. 4 represents a view of a mixer that may be used in the context of the methods according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 5 to 9 represent experimental conditions and experimental results relating to methods according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a mixer comprising a tank 1 mounted on a frame 2 about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation 3 .
  • a stirring means such as a straight or helical paddle (not represented) is provided inside the tank.
  • the frame 2 To drive the tank 1 in rotation, the frame 2 comprises a motor 4 rotationally secured to a driving member 5 .
  • the tank comprises a peripheral friction area 6 which cooperates with a friction wheel 7 of the driving member 5 .
  • the front part of the tank situated on the right in the drawing, has a convergent tapered form, at the end of which there is a leak-tight door 8 which makes it possible to load and unload the food products to be treated into and from the tank 1 .
  • a pipeline 20 is connected to the pipeline 9 and provided with a valve 22 linking the interior of the tank to a powerful vacuum generator 21 .
  • the vacuum implemented for the step b) may be obtained using a powerful vacuum pump (for example: vane pump, liquid ring pump, screw pump, etc.) that may be coupled to a low vacuum booster (roots), an ejector if necessary being able to be added to this setup.
  • the throughput of the vacuum pump may be approximately: 0.1 to 5.0 m 3 /h per kg of food product treated.
  • a pipeline 14 linked to a vapor generator 19 and provided with a valve 18 , penetrating into the central part of the tank.
  • the pipelines 9 and 17 in the example of FIG. 1 , are provided with a revolving coupling 11 which allows the rotation of the tank 1 about its axis 3 without damage to the pipelines.
  • the pipeline 17 is linked directly to the interior of the tank 1 through the door 8 and the rotating coupling 11 .
  • a pipeline 14 linked to a vapor generator 19 ′ and provided with a valve 18 ′, may also penetrate into the rear of the tank 1 (on the left in the drawing).
  • the pipeline 19 ′ penetrates into the tank 1 through a rotating coupling 13 situated at the rear of the tank 1 .
  • a heated/refrigerated unit 32 is linked to the double jacket 40 of the tank 1 via pipelines 30 and 31 provided with a valve 33 .
  • This heated/refrigerated unit 32 makes it possible to apply heat to the food product when the vacuum is applied to the enclosure.
  • FIG. 3 shows another mixer comprising a tank 1 .
  • a network of glycol water replaces the heated/refrigerated unit 32 described in FIG. 2 .
  • the glycol water makes it possible to apply heat to the food product when the vacuum is applied to the enclosure.
  • the network of glycol water comprises a glycol water generator 34 and an exchanger (for example plate exchanger or tubular exchanger) 35 .
  • the exchanger 35 could be replaced by an electric preheater.
  • the glycol water network also comprises a system of valves 36 , 37 , 38 and 39 , notably valves of three-way type, the valves 37 and 38 being situated on either side of the exchanger 35 .
  • Two pipelines 41 and 42 make it possible to also link the glycol water network to the double jacket 40 of the tank 1 .
  • FIG. 4 shows a mixer in which the leak-tight door 8 is in the open position.
  • a stirring member 50 which may be a paddle as represented or an arm or an articulated mixer axis, is present in the enclosure 60 in which the food product is intended to be introduced.
  • the mixer may be vertical or else horizontal, of dough mixer type.
  • One or more containers 100 are present outside the tank so as to be able to receive the dried food product after the implementation of the method according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 shows the conditions of a method according to the invention in which a salting is initiated before an evaporative vacuum isothermal drying.
  • the salting performed has a duration of 4 days and was performed at 4° C. and the temperature of the product is maintained at 8° C. during the evaporative vacuum isothermal drying.
  • the food products implemented are open pork hams.
  • the pressure imposed during at least a part of the salting step may be greater than or equal to 20 mbar, preferably 25 mbar, preferably 30 mbar.
  • FIG. 6 In order to further speed up the process, it is possible to conduct the vacuum evaporation by gradually increasing the temperature of the product so as to maintain a good evaporative potential as the activity of the water of the product decreases ( FIG. 6 ).
  • the conditions of FIG. 6 are as follows: salting for 4 days at 4° C., drying at a temperature increasing from 8 to 18° C. in evaporative vacuum, and baking of open pork hams at 35° C.
  • a high-temperature baking may be conducted at atmospheric pressure or in a very weak vacuum to promote the contact with oxygen, or even in a stronger vacuum—possibly with pulsed vacuum or lung vacuum cycles—for the food to remain in contact with the oxygen ( FIG. 6 ).
  • FIG. 7 compares the relative efficiencies of drying in evaporative vacuum in isothermal conditions and in increasing temperature conditions.
  • FIG. 8 shows an exemplary cycle making it possible to produce a more uniform drying between the core and the outer skin when the product is subjected to an evaporative vacuum.
  • the product first undergoes a heating step in order to heat the product as uniformly as possible.
  • This heating step (step i)) may have a duration of between 10 minutes and 24 hours, preferably between 30 minutes and 8 hours, preferably between 1 hour and 4 hours.
  • step ii) Once the product is heated as uniformly as possible, it undergoes a step of balancing of its temperature (step ii)).
  • a step of surface cooling is then conducted so as to cool the outer skin of the product more than its core before the implementation of the evaporative drying.
  • the surface cooling step may be performed using a double jacket fed with cooled heat-transfer fluid, by direct injection of a cryogenic fluid or simply by increasing the vacuum of the medium in which the food product is placed.
  • FIG. 9 shows the trend of the salinometry value on the surface and at the core of a ham deboned according to the so-called tunnel boning method, salted and dried in evaporative vacuum in a mixer.
  • the speed of the drying produced in evaporative vacuum in the mixer makes it possible to consider formulating products intended for drying by wet means (brine) in order to further speed up the salting.

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